Revolver.



W. DECKER.

REVOLVER.

APPLICATION FILED N0v.15, 1912.

L'O Patented July 8,1913.

4F 2. 2 gua v M55/91.6.56 @LS f' WALTER DECKER., 'or ZELL- A' sr. im, GERMANY.

nnvorvn'n.

lSpecimation of Letters Patent.

, Patented July 8,1913.

Application med Ndvexber I5, 1912. Serial No. 731,614.

' tion of the trigger is hindered bythe fingers' embracing the butt, so as vto interfere with conveniently holding the weapon in the hand and using it. This drawback is done away with by the present invention, more particularly by the trigger-device being given the form of a slide-bar, the nger-piece of which can-be placed as far as required tothe front.

- Now in the present revolver the formerly used'firing mechanism is discarded and replaced by a striker, which, during the working `of the slide-'shaped trigger, 'is moved back against the 'force of the striker-spring by means of a cooking-lever, movable withl the slide-bar, until the lower end of the cooking-lever strikes against a projecting stop; this Vresults in a turning aside of the cockin g-lever whereby the striker is released and ies forward.

Due to the arrangement ofthe striker, the

stock-casing of the revolver is given at its upper part a freely and easily rearwardly protruding form, thereby improving still.

more the position of the weapon in the hand.

The cartridge cylinder is kept in progressive motion during the movement of the v slide-shaped trigger which then engages from underneath the inclined face of a horizontally placed lever, and raises that lever up; then a pawl, pivoted'at the forward end of this lever, turns forward the cartridgecylinder a corresponding amount, the new position of the cartridge-cylinder then being secured by means of a lug, mounted on the slide-shaped trigger entering into a slot of the cylinder. l

A 'practical embodiment of the invention is exemplified in the accompanying drawing in which the same characters of reference `indicate the same parts throughout -the several views. Therein- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section, Fig. 2

shows the change-gear for the cylinder in side view, Fig. 3 is 'a rear view of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is-illustrative of the position of the. weapon in the hand.

Below the cartridge-cylinder 2revoluble in the known manner around the pin l, a slide bar 3 projects through the casing; this bar is fitted at its forward`extremity with an upwardly directed finger-piece 3a, located below the barrel 4. The slide-bar 3 is acted upon bya spring 7, secured in the A cavity 5 of the stock 6, such spring engagin a pin 8 connected to the slide-bar 3 an tending to push said bar forward. At its rear end, the slide-bar 3 is provided with a fork 3b wherein lis pivoted the double-armed cooking-lever 9, the upper arm of which has a shoulder 9EL that rests on the slide-bar 3. The lower varm 9b of the cocking-lever engages the spring 7. Thus the spring `'7 retains the slide-bar 3 in its final position, simultaneously forcing the shoulder 9a on said cooking-lever against the slide-bar and holding the cooking-lever in proper initial position.

In the axis of the elongated bore of the barrel there is arranged the striker 10, acted upon both by the main-spring 11 and the buffer-spring 12. The object of thebuiierspring 12 is to draw the striker after the shot far enough into its casing that the'revolution of the cartridge-cylinder is not interfered with. Intermediate the springs 11 and 12 there is' arranged the collar 13 of the striker 10, through which the striker 10 is guided in the tube-likeLcasing 14. This tube-like casing 14 has formed in its bottom wall a longitudinal slot 14a, wherein ithe hook-shapedlip 15, rigidly connected with the collar 13, is guided.

When the slide-bar 3 is forced back, against the action of the spring 7 the terminal of the upper arm of the cooking-lever engages said hook l5 'and moves the striker rearwardly against the action of the spring 11. Now there is arranged in the rearward part of the stock-casing 6 a stop 16 against which the cooking-lever 9 strikes with its lower end during the back-movement, described in the foregoing. Thereby, during the farther backward movement, the cooking lever 9 is rocked upon its pivot in the fork 3", so that its upper end glides orf from the catch 15 of the striker, permitting this latter to ily forward. By means of the vscrew 16, the time at which the striker 10 is released can 'be adjusted at will.

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approxlmately horizontal lever 19, which latter is pivoted to an eye 20, located by the side of and above the slide-bar 3.`- The lever 19 lies close bythe cockin lever 9 and" has an inclined surface 19, w ich, during the back-movement of the slide-bar 3, is engaged from below by fork 3b. Thereby the lever 19 is raised up, and the pawl turns forward the cylinder by means of the known ratchet-wheel-like device 2.. After the advance-movement of the slide-bar 3, the lever 19 and the pawl 17 are moved back into their initial-position a convenient spring 21. The new position of the cylinder 2 is secured by a lug 22, mounted on the slide-bar 3 and, when the slide-bar 3 `moves farther backward, after the progressive motion of the cylinder, said lug enters into a corresponding slot 23 in the cylinder, as shown in dotted lines in gig. 4 shows the position of the stock A0f the revolver in the hand. Therefrom, it will be seen that the stock lies snu ly between the thumb and the three last n ers, while the fore-finger clasps the face o the finger-piece 3HL of the slide-shaped trigger 3; thus, the finger that actuates the slide- Ashaped trigger, is not hindered at all by Now what I claim is A:- ,y

1. In a revolver, the -combination with a cartridge c linder" and operating means therefor; o a sliding striker provided intermediate its ends with a collar having a hook-connected thereto; a sliding bar-11ke trigger; a 'cocking lever carried by said trigger for engavement with said hook during the rearward movement of the trigger; means for tripping said lever at the termination of such movement, to release said hook; a main spring acting upon `one side of said collar, to o erate said striker when such release takes p ace; anda buffer spring acting against the other side of said collar to move said striker rearwardly, after the shot, out of the path of movementof said cylinder.

2. In a revolver, the combination, with a cartridge c linder; of a sliding spring-controlled striker having a hook connected' therewith; a sliding bar-like trigger provided at its rear end with a fork; a twoarmed cooking lever pivoted in said fork and having the terminal of its upper arm adapted to engage said hook during the rearward movement of said trigger, to retract said striker; and a stop mounted in the 'stock of the revolver and disposed in the path of the lower arm of said lever for "cartridge cylinder; .of a sliding one prong of theengagement thereby at the termination of such movement, to rock said lever and cause the first-named arm thereof to release said hook. l

' 3. lIn a revolver, the combinationz with a s rlng-controlled strlker; a'sliding bar-lilIxJe trigger provided at its front end with a 1in erpiece, at its rear end with a fork, and a jacent the latter end with a depending projection; a .two-armed cooking-lever plvoted in said fork and having its upper arm formed with ay shoulder adaptedto rest upon said trigger, the terminal of said armbeing designed to engage said striker and retract the same when said trigger is moved rearwardly; a sprin mounted in the stock of the revolver an acting upon said projection and thev lower arm of said lever, to normally hold said trig er in its forward position and said shoulder in engagement therewith and a stop mounted in said stock in the path of the second-named arm of said-lever for engagement thereby at the termination of said rearward movement, to rock said lever and cause the first-named arm thereof to release said hook.

4f. In a revolver, the combination, with a cartridge cylinder having a slot adjacent each chamber, a spring-controlled striker,

:a sliding bar-like trigger provided at its rear end with a fork, and a cocking-lever pivoted in said fork for operating said striker; of mechanism for rotating said cylinder com rising a pivotally-mounted lever located a jacent the trigger and raisable by said fork during the rearward movement of the trigger, a pawl pivoted to the secondnamed lever, a ratchet wheel connected to said cylinder and engageable by said pawl when said second-named lever is raised, and a projection carried by said trigger and kadapted vto enter one of the slots in said cylinder for holding the latter in adjusted position.

5. In a revolver, the combination, with the barrel, the cartridge cylinder and the striker; of a sliding bar-like trigger projecting throu h the body of the revolver beneath said arrel and cylinder and provided at its front endr with an upwardlydirected finger-piece; .and a spring located in the stock and engaged with said trigger for normally holding the same in projected position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WALTER DECKER. Witnesses: f

ERNST EnEnI-IARDT, OsKAR HEIMANN. 

